ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report documents the results of different research missions carried out by the PRO ASYL Foundation and the Friends of PRO ASYL in Greece, Turkey and Germany. PRO ASYL is solely responsible for the content of the report "Pushed Back". The research has been made possible through the generous support of Brot für die Welt, Diakonisches Werk in Hessen und Nassau, Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau, Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern, medico international, Stiftung:do and UNOFlüchtlingshilfe. We would like to thank our partners for their support. PRO ASYL would like to express its gratitude to all interviewed refugees. We especially thank Salinia Stroux and Katerina Tsapopoulou (Athens) for their tremendously valuable contributions (research, case documentations, legal analyses and follow up of the cases) to this report. And we are very grateful to Marianna Tzeferakou (Athens) for the social and legal assistance of victims of push backs. We thank our friends and partners, who contributed to our research: Alekos Anastasiou (Athens), Piril Erçoban (Izmir), Irem Somer (Izmir), Karim Al Wasiti (Hildesheim). And we thank our friends and colleagues, who supported us during the production of this report: Ana Fontal (Brussels), Zoe Gardner (London), Maria Hennessy (Brussels), Judith Kopp (Frankfurt), Kris Pollet (Brussels), Susanne Schmelter (Würzburg), Alexandros Stathopoulos (Frankfurt) and Marianna Tzeferakou (Athens). For PRO ASYL: Günter Burkhardt (Executive Chair, Foundation PRO ASYL) Karl Kopp (Director of European Affairs, PRO ASYL) 74 | aCKNOWELEDEDMENTS SUPPORTERS: Brot für die Welt www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de Diakonisches Werk Hessen-Nassau www.diakonie-hessen-nassau.de Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau www.ekhn.de Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern www.bayern-evangelisch.de medico international www.medico.de Stiftung do www.stiftung-do.org UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de iMPRINT | 75